Historical Events In November - 04

1951  9th Ryder Cup: US wins 9½-2½ at Pinehurst Resort (Pinehurst, North Carolina, US) on this day in history.   

1952  On November - 04 eisenhower (R) elected 34th President beating Adlai Stevenson (D)   

1952  Earthquake & flood strike Kamshatka-South America on November - 04.   

1953  Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Phila A's on November - 04.   

1953  On this day in history elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89   

1954  On November - 04 "Fanny" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 888 performances   

1954  On this day in history stig H Dagerman, Swedish author (Burned Child), dies at 31   

1955  On this day in history the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio after it was totally destroyed in World War II.   

1956  200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest on this day in history.   

1956  On November - 04 israel captures Straits of Tiran from Egypt   

1956  On this day in history art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46   

1957  On November - 04 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched   

1957  On November - 04 marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78   

1963  On this day in history john Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line   

1965  On November - 04 lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH)   

1965  On this day in history krsto Odak, composer, dies at 77   

1966  On this day in history flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works   

1967  On this day in history landing craft from USS Navarro (APA-215) rescue 43 men from British SS Habib Marikar aground on a reef at Lincoln Island in the Tonkin Gulf.   

1967  On November - 04 june Thorburn, actress (Tom Thumb), dies in plane crash at 36   

1968  On this day in history paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78   

1969  Carlos Marighela, Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history uSS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636) launches a Poseidon C-3 missile in first surface launch of Poseidon missile.   

1973  Karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75 on November - 04.   

1974  On November - 04 edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop, dies at 62   

1975  Sheila Ryan, actress(Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1978  On November - 04 iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U   

1979  500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days) on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history ronald Reagan (R) beats President Jimmy Carter (R) by a landslide   

1980  On this day in history ronald Reagan elected 40th President of the US   

1981  On this day in history columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 secs remaining   

1982  On this day in history dominique Dunne, actress (Poltergeist), murdered by boyfriend at 23   

1984  On November - 04 nicaragua holds first free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%   

1984  On this day in history merie Earle, actress (Maude-Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95   

1986  Democrats gain control over the US Senate on this day in history.   

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1448  King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1575  On November - 04 birth of guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)   

1587  Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised was born on November - 04.   

1590  Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1640  On this day in history birth of carlo Mannelli, composer   

1650  William III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702) was born on this day in history.   

1656  Leonard Sailer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1661  Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

0644  Death of Omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.   

1203  Dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies on November - 04.   

1411  Death of Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384) on this day in history.   

1652  On November - 04 death of jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597)   

1658  On this day in history death of antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)   

1669  On November - 04 death of johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603)   

1674  Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72 on November - 04.   

1698  On November - 04 death of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)